Videos to scare illegals

Videos to scare illegals

SINGAPORE (DPA): Passengers aboard ferries between Indonesia
and Singapore are being treated to video clips showing illegal
immigrants being arrested and handcuffed by Singapore
authorities, reports said Friday.

The videos, aimed at scaring illegal immigrants away, also
show Singapore officers raiding construction sites and
apartments, and combing the jungle for illicit foreign workers.

"They are strict with (illegal) immigrants here. I have to
tell my friends back home," the Straits Times quoted Indonesian
accountant Hidyat Achmad, 48, as saying after seeing one of the
clips.

The 20-minute videos have been shown for the past few weeks on
board ferries which run between Singapore and the nearby
Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan.

They are also screened on monitors at Singapore's World Trade
Centre and Tanah Merah ferry terminals.

The videos have proved effective in deterring illegal
immigrants, Singapore's Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said
in parliament earlier this week. Singapore police arrested 77
illegal immigrants from Indonesia last month, compared to 258 in
April.